Tricuspid regurgitation: Pathophysiology and management

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-199

  Thapa, Rashmi ^a   Dawn, Buddhadeb ^a   Nath, Jayant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Percutaneous valve Replacement; Tricuspid regurgitation; Tricuspid valve repair; Tricuspid valve replacement

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; METHYSERGIDE; PERGOLIDE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

CARDIAC VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84861101297     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-012-0245-2     Document Type: Article

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